If there's one thing I loathe arouynd this time of the year, it's all the political bullshit that's on television. Generally, I find most political ads to be mindnumbingly boring pieces of shit. But every once in awhile, we stumble across a diamond in the rough, like this shiny gem sent in by Richard. Thanks dude! And by the way, David Zucker directed Airplane! and The Naked Gun. The cup of awesome runneth over. On the flip side of that coin, being close to Halloween, you get to see hot chicks dressed as Street Fighter characters. So there's always that, I guess.

In case you haven't heard, Rocky and Bullwinkle creator and animation artist Alexander Anderson Jr, died this morning at the age of 90. But on a more positive note, today marks the 25th anniversary of the most awesome fucking movie ever made, Back To The Future and I'm going out to buy the Blu-Ray this morning to celebrate. In fact, I should have it in my hands by the time you're reading this. And just a friendly reminder, that if BTTF were to happen today, Marty would travel all the way back to... 1980. Christ I feel old. But long live Michael J Fox.

The "Octapult" is a kinetic sculpture designed and built on commission by Bradley N. Litwin of Philadelphia, PA. With 8 synchronized catapults, 160 plastic balls per minute are launched, caught, and recirculated. Made mostly of wood, the work is ~36 inches in diameter. On permanent display in the lobby of Lower Merion Elementary School, Merion Station, PA.

Tourette syndrome is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane. Tourette's is defined as part of a spectrum of tic disorders, which includes transient and chronic tics. Tourette's was once considered a rare and bizarre syndrome, most often associated with the exclamation of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks (coprolalia), but this symptom is present in only a small minority of people with Tourette's. Tourette's is no longer considered a rare condition, but it may not always be correctly identified because most cases are classified as mild. Between 1 and 10 children per 1,000 have Tourette's; as many as 10 per 1,000 people may have tic disorders, with the more common tics of eye blinking, coughing, throat clearing, sniffing, and facial movements. With that in mind, here's a nice glass half empty or half full scenario. On one hand, this girl's hiccups have finally stopped. On the other, she's charged with murder. But I presume the two events aren't related because how can you sneak up on someone while you're hiccuping, right? And don't forget, down here in Flo-Rida, we gots us the death penalty.

Hey Ernie, (Insert gratuitous, but, sincere ass-kissing comment here). Just to let you know, the company shown mucking up the over-the-road turbine blade transpo is capable of pulling it off. They must be, to do it on a regular occasion. Caught these pics just north of the KY/TN border last spring. [one - two] I saw three blades, and I looked for the hub, but, no luck. Same company. Those blades are fucking huge. Keep rockin, ~Gravdigr

You know one scene from The Ring that I never understood? The one towards the end where Samara kills Noah. Now you know this bitch is going to come crawling out of your television, and you live in a high rise apartment building with a balcony. Does this problem not solve itself? Face the television off the edge of the balcony and let her crawl on out -- guess what, the joke's on you, bitch.

Like many youngsters, and those young at heart, seven-year-old Max Geissbuhler and his dad dreamed of visiting space -- and armed with just a weather balloon, a video camera, and an iPhone -- they did just that.